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Event programme 2016

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PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK

Panerai British Classic Week

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PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK PROGRAMME

Welcome to the programme for the 15th Panerai British Classic Week, which this year has been kindly compiled by our friends at Classic Boat in association with Spirit Yachts. This year’s regatta, the British Classic Yacht Club’s flagship event, will take place in Cowes from 16 to 23 July.

As Regatta Chairman, and as a keen competitor myself, it is a great pleasure to introduce you to what has become the highlight of the British classic sailing calendar.

The following pages detail an eclectic selection of this year’s entrants, reflecting the extraordinary variety of magnificent craft attending. The raison d’être of the British Classic Yacht Club is its fleet of beautiful yachts and this year’s entries certainly make for a compelling read.

For those of you in far-off climes, and who have perhaps never raced in the Solent, it is worth noting that the waters around the Isle of Wight present some of the most challenging racing conditions anywhere in the world. With complex, fast-flowing tides, sandbanks and rocks, as well as commercial shipping channels (not to mention the Cowes ferries ..!) this is truly one of the greatest sailing venues for the classic yacht enthusiast.

Race management will once again be in the very capable hands of the Royal Yacht Squadron, which for the last two years has given us excellent weeks of varied and exciting racing. To add to the action on the water, this year we will have a tracking system on board each yacht with real-time position information screened online and in the Panerai lounge ashore.

After much discussion, the Around the Island race will come back into the points structure and, in acknowledgement of the challenge involved in undertaking this race, there will again be a full 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize structure in each class as well as the existing line honours and 1st overall trophies. The direction for this

race is decided on the morning in question, to ensure the best sailing dependent on the Great British weather!

There will be a full programme of events each day for the Cruising Class, taking them to some of the best venues in the Solent before returning each evening to join the Racing Fleet for a rich social mix ashore. This year we are particularly pleased to invite a small selection of notable classic motor yachts to join the Cruising Class. We are sure this innovation will enrich the cruising division and create an even more enthralling spectacle in the Yacht Haven.

Panerai is once again our principal sponsor and we are grateful for their continuing support and high level of enthusiasm for classic yachting, not just at Cowes, but at all other Panerai regattas in the Mediterranean and the USA. The level of support from Panerai and their extraordinary degree of professionalism are much appreciated and enjoyed by the classic yacht scene worldwide. We are also grateful to EFG, which has enhanced its support this year and will again be sponsoring the Around the Island race.

Mary Scott-Jackson will thankfully be running the regatta office with her usual good humour and unflappable efficiency and, whilst we can’t guarantee the weather, we can promise an exhilarating and enjoyable week of sailing! I look forward to seeing many of you in July, and for those not attending I do hope you will consider joining us next year.

Sean McMillanRear Commodore (Sailing)

and Regatta Chairman,



PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK WELCOME

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SATURDAY 16 JULY12:00 Berthing available at Cowes Yacht Haven for regatta entrants. Regatta O�ce open for registration and picking up of regatta packs (including Social Tickets), battle flags and race charts (The Regatta O�ce is situated in the Cowes Yacht Haven o�ce building – up the right-hand stairs)19:00 WELCOME SUPPER – AT COMMODORE’S HOUSE. By kind permission of John and Jane Terry. (Catering provided by David Rogers and his team from All About Catering)

SUNDAY 17 JULY08:00 Co�ee in the Panerai Lounge08:00 Regatta O�ce open for registration and picking up of regatta packs (including Social Tickets), battle flags and race charts (The Regatta O�ce is situated in the Cowes Yacht Haven o�ce building – up the right-hand stairs)09:00 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH11:00 CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE – Parade of yachts and classic motor boats past the Royal Yacht Squadron 12:30 RACE 1 – RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal15:30 to 18:30 Bar Marquee open16:45 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee17:00 to 19:00 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge19:00 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing for the Around the Island Race on the Platform of the Royal Yacht Squadron19:15 to 20:45 WELCOME RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON

MONDAY 18 JULY06:30 Panerai Lounge open for takeaway co�ee and Regatta O�ce open08:00 RACE 2 - AROUND THE ISLAND RACE SPONSORED BY EFG INTERNATIONAL RYS Line, Fleet Start First Warning Signal. 10:00 AROUND THE CANS RACE - For yachts not participating in the Around the Island Race (Not part of Points Series)16:00 to 20:00 Bar Marquee open 17:00 to 19:00 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge

TUESDAY 19 JULY08:00 Regatta O�ce openCo�ee in the Panerai Lounge08:30 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH10:00 RACE 3- RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal followed ASAP by RACE 4 – RYS Line Fleet Start 15:30 to 22:00 Bar Marquee open 16:30 to 18:30 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge18:30 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee on CYHFrom 18:30 ‘OPEN YACHTS’ PONTOON PARTY’ – view the yachts whilst listening to live music and enjoying refreshments sponsored by BCYC and CLASSIC BOAT. Food will be served in front of the Bar Marquee and tickets are available in advance from the Regatta O�ce. A limited number of tickets will be available on the night.

PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK PROGRAMME



REGATTA PROGRAMMEWEDNESDAY 20 JULY08:00 Regatta O�ce openCo�ee in the Panerai Lounge 08:30 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH 10:00 RACE 5 – RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal14:00 LADIES RACE – RYS Line Fleet Start (Not part of points series) First Warning Signal15:30 to 20:00 Bar Marquee open 17:00 to 19:00 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge 19:00 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee on CYH19:30 to Midnight BBQ & CREW PARTY AT COWES CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB(CCYC is open to all competitors so even if you are eating elsewhere, you are more than welcome to come along for a drink after your meal)

THURSDAY 21 JULY 08:00 Regatta O�ce openCo�ee and Croissant in the Panerai Lounge. 08:30 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH10:00 RACE 6 - LONG INSHORE RACE sponsored by CLASSIC BOAT – RYS LINE FLEET START First Warning Signal15:30 to 20:00 Bar Marquee open 17:00 to 19:00 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge 19:00 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee

FRIDAY 22 JULY08:00 Regatta O�ce openCo�ee and Croissant in the Panerai Lounge 08:30 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH10:00 RACE 7 - RYS Line. First Warning Signal. Sponsored by SANDEMAN YACHTS FLEET START 15:30 to 20:00 Bar Marquee open 16:30 to 18:30 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge 18:30 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee on CYH19:30 for 20:00 until 01:00PRIZE GIVING DINNER in the Event Centre on CYH with live music and dancing. (Competitors not attending the meal are welcome to come into the Event Centre for the Prize Giving and the dancing.) (Dress Code: Smart Yachting – Jacket & Tie).

SATURDAY 23 JULY12:00 All yachts depart

RACE SPONSORS

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REGATTA PROGRAMME

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MODERN CLASSICS

Spirit of Tradition yachts are a firm part of the classic world and of Panerai British Classic Week

WORDS SEAN MCMILLAN

TRADITIONS

MAKINGNEW

In the glory days of yachting, spanning the end of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th, design criteria were far more focused on elegance and efficiency of movement through the water than is often the case today. Nowadays,

priorities in yacht design have changed and the number of cabins and bathrooms often takes precedence. Previously, marinas were unheard of and the need to squeeze the maximum volume into a given size of berth was inconceivable.

Designers well understood that slim hulls were the most easily driven through the water and long counters created extra speed by extending waterline length when the wind allowed. Almost by default the prevailing look was supremely graceful; hardly surprising when designers knew they had to work with the sea, rather than attempt to dominate it.

Two world wars, a Great Depression and an impoverished Europe put paid to many yachts from that period and the comparative handful that survived have thankfully been rescued, restored and re-commissioned; usually with great passion and not inconsiderable expense. The individuals who gave so much energy and resources to saving these yachts are to be thanked and our classic sailing world is greatly enriched by their efforts.

These beautiful classics are, however, a finite resource and, just as in their heyday, they remain expensive and time consuming to maintain, requiring large crews and constant attention.

In the 1980s, when the classic revival was gaining momentum, a few designers (myself included) were inspired by what they were witnessing and began creating yachts of similar elegance but married to newer construction methods and advances in underwater hull design, foils and rigs. The relatively new wood/epoxy build technique allowed the creation of much lighter-weight hulls, which often made a nonsense of the √ WL x 1.4 hull speed formula! Weight savings resulted in less wear and tear, fewer crew

Above: Spirit 52 Soufrière

racing at last year’s Panerai

British Classic Week

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required and maintenance reduced to a par with looking after a modern GRP boat. The organisers of the Antigua Classics regatta deserve the credit for the first Spirit of Tradition class at their event in 1996, and this lively addition has now spread to most classic regattas worldwide. Spirit of Tradition yachts must have the ‘look’ and grace of an earlier age, but they may have modern underbodies and foils, and may use aluminium or carbon rigs. However – and this is the big one – they must be hand-built in a true tradition of craftsmanship. Spray laminated in a jelly mould and a couple of square feet of synthetic wood won’t do.

The British Classic Yacht Club has typically strict rules on eligibility for all entries. Yachts must show considerable skill in their construction and be built of either wood or steel. They must also have the aesthetics of a classic; a requirement that sometimes causes much discussion in committee meetings. The differentiation between a ‘classic’ and a ‘Spirit of Tradition’ is now largely a matter of date; the commonly accepted divider being whether the yacht was built prior to or post 1974. This is inevitably a somewhat arbitrary date, but it is a reasonable reflection of the point at which the rapid demise of traditional yacht building happened as the upstart GRP builders got into their stride!

At the renowned Panerai British Classic Week, the two groups race together in fleet races, and separately in classes. Whether by luck or good judgement (and I couldn’t possibly comment…), the handicapping of the disparate groups is remarkably well balanced. Perhaps the only observation of note is that the manoeuvrability of most Spirit of Tradition yachts is considerably greater, which calls for consideration at starts and mark roundings!

As early Spirit of Tradition yachts are now 20 or 30 years old, the distinction between the two groups is starting to blur as the ‘modern classics’ gradually morph into ‘classics’. Perhaps we will soon need a new class of ‘post-modern classics’…

And now? I have written before in this magazine that I believe Spirit of Tradition yachts have a bright future; and more so as time goes by. It is an interesting indication of the state of current modern yacht racing that previously significant fleets all over Europe are shrinking, sometimes to extinction. Yet all the great classic regattas are growing apace; a trend that shows no sign of slowing.

Every few years there is a new hotshot modern race boat on the market, which then develops into a fleet. After a couple of years, it is often the case that after huge expense the owner is left with an outdated race boat with precious little residual value.

The classics, however, and I include Spirit of Tradition in this, do not have a finite shelf life and hold their value almost indefinitely. This is partly down to the skilled craftsmanship involved, but also the fact that great design does not date. A timeless, beautiful yacht will be appreciated as such today, tomorrow and for ever more.

Thirty years ago there was some understandable resistance to Spirit of Tradition yachts from the owners of older classics. This has largely faded away as all those involved accept a date is just a date and considering the cost of creating a new hand-built wooden yacht, it is clear regattas are not about to be overrun with modern classics.

I have been designing and building Spirit of Tradition yachts for 30 years. In all that time I have never built a boat for an owner coming from an old classic yacht; they usually come from having owned a mainstream production boat which has failed to satisfy them. Of the seventy-odd yachts I have built in that time, fewer than a dozen have ever come on the re-sale market, which perhaps reflects the great pride of ownership and enjoyment derived from a Spirit of Tradition yacht.

Thus I hope that far from diluting the pool of beautiful yachts worldwide, we have only added to it.

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The British Classic Yacht Club commodore on fatherhood, collective empowerment and having a drink with Laurent Giles

STORY ROB PEAKE PHOTO LESTER MCCARTHY

THINKING

BIGDAVID MURRIN

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David Murrin tells a story about a Hamble Winter Series race he was sailing in, back in the mid-1990s. For Murrin and crew to clinch the series in the final race, they had to finish first, while their

rivals had to finish fifth. So Murrin gets his crew down below before the start and exhorts them to silently intone the words ‘one’ and ‘five’.

“A couple of them were sniggering but most of them did it,” he recalls. In the race, they suffered a dire start, but then something happened. They began to pass boats. “I pictured a cord between us and the boat ahead,” says Murrin. At every mark they’d clawed more distance back. Halfway through, his crew were flying, jubilant with every place gained and redoubling their efforts as they saw victory inch nearer. Who’s to say if it was boat speed or something more, but by the finish line, a heavy wooden yacht built in 1955 had sailed its way past a highly competitive modern fleet. There were celebrations on deck, but was it enough to secure the series? Then the news came through – their rivals had finished fifth. History doesn’t relate how many bottles of beer were drunk that night in Hamble village, but one thing is for sure: Murrin’s crew never forgot the power of “one” and “five”.

“It was a lesson that reminded me of the power of collective thought and harmony, a sense of shared belief,” recalls Murrin today with a smile.

Murrin is an interesting guy. He talks up concepts like collective empowerment – concepts far too leftfield for some – while behind him in his office flicker huge flatscreens displaying share-tracking graphs from the financial markets. Hard statistics on one hand, meaningful ‘Murrinations’ on the other.

Murrinations is what Murrin calls his blog entries. Think the rise of China, the north/south African divide, decline of the West, danger of Russia, the likelihood of a global war at the end of this decade. He’s not shy of making a prediction and was outspoken in the run-up to the UK’s EU referendum, about which he wrote and spoke publicly in support of the Leave campaign.

Murrin has been a commentator on CNBC and other channels, as well as a keynote speaker at conferences and corporate events worldwide. Face to face, too, he speaks in big concepts. Some of them might take a moment to get your head around, but it’s difficult not to get swept along by the enthusiasm and sheer force of personality.

Five years ago he published a book, Breaking the Code of History. The introduction explains: “Murrin shares what might be called a ‘grand unifying theory’ of the social political dynamics that have propelled us from the first human civilisations to our present perilous position.”

The good news, Murrin tells us, is that “we can save ourselves, if we can take the necessary first steps towards a greater collective consciousness”.

Blimey, and I was only here to talk about sailing.Murrin grew up in Surrey, his father was an aeronautical

engineer, his mother a nurse. They owned a Harrison Butler, Minion, and the family would take long summer holidays

cruising the boat around the Channel. Today he says his father became his ‘best friend’, partly through their shared love of sailing, and Murrin remains appreciative of his non-mollycoddling approach. “He believed in letting me and my brother stand on our own feet as soon as possible.”

Murrin chose to go not to a public school but to the local comprehensive, where as a dyslexic child he recalls having to “fight, physically and emotionally, to learn…it was a tough upbringing”.

He was the first member of his family to go to university, reading physics with geophysics at Exeter, after which came three years with a seismic exploration company, living and working with native tribes in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.

He returned to the UK to join JP Morgan bank and a high flying career in investment banking looked set. All was going swimmingly, but something was missing.

“Murrin means ‘of the sea’ in Gaelic,” he tells me with a laugh. “People talk about a boat as a luxury, but for me a boat is a fundamental link to who you are. After all, I was conceived on a wooden boat!”

Murrin was on the national youth windsurfing squad and did his Yachtmaster as a teenager. He was already a competent sailor when aged 24 he began paging through the

classifieds and spotted a yacht he fancied. She was a 1955 Laurent Giles sloop, celebrated in her day, but she’d need more than a little TLC to get her afloat again.

“I got a loan from my father – with a high interest rate because he was very commercial – and I broke my back renovating her.”

Thirty years on, the renovation is long finished but it has been the upgrades since then that have turned people’s heads. She’s believed to be the first classic to be fitted with laminate sails, in the mid-1990s, and she packs a Code 0 in her sail locker.

Cetewayo, in fact, is known locally for having been maximised on deck for IRC racing in almost every respect and is still the subject of hot debate between the purists and the racers. (What’s less well known is that down below she boasts an immaculate interior with period mirrors, cabinetry and more.)

Last season Cetewayo had a new Columbian pine mast designed by Classic Boat’s technical editor Theo Rye, made by Collars. It’s two metres longer than the original and is probably the most sophisticated wooden mast in the world, Murrin says. “It’s given the boat another serious performance enhancement. She learned a whole set of new tricks overnight.”

A new suit of spectre sails has followed, designed by Kevin Sproul and built by Ultimate Sails in Hamble.

Murrin has relished the developmental process and the fact that his heavy long-keeler can now sail upwind at 28 degrees apparent, higher than ever, and faster than an 8-M. But he has not done the optimisation lightly and cares deeply about the classic scene. “I’ve always respected the spirit of Laurent Giles in the boat and I am absolutely convinced that if he came back for a drink he’d be delighted with what we’ve done with her.

“If you buy a

classic, buy it for

life, then all the

work pays off”



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Now 53, Murrin owns an asset management company with offices in Haslemere, an hour south of London, and amid family duties his other passion is kite-surfing. But sailing first. “Sailing is at the heart of my life,” he says. “We’ve lost our relationship with the sea, but classic boats are really celebrating our history as a nation. I would make the argument that democracy started in Britain because of the ratio of our coastline to internal volume, because seafarers have to be independent of thought – they have ultimate responsibility for their actions. Consequently, it was not an accident that Britain was the first effective modern European democracy.”

It would be easy to see Murrin’s grand theories as grand conceits, but there’s a ready laugh if he thinks he’s gone too far, and at times he displays a slightly disarming bashfulness. Does he have political ambitions? He admits the question has been asked before. “I do not seek office!” he roars. “There’s a price for holding public office. Simply to try to make things better, to find a better way, that might make it happen. But in a way it’s a calling I dread.”

“Optimising these boats for racing gives you a level of understanding into how finely designed they were. They were the F1 cars of their day. Only by racing them and bringing them alive do you realise that.”

“There is another whole iteration to go with the boat,” he adds. “The margins are always in the last three per cent. We have a way to go yet.”

Cetewayo also has electric winches so that Murrin can sail the boat into his dotage. “If you buy a classic, buy it for life, then all the work pays off.”

He has a dream of going off cruising with his partner Melissa and four children, as he did with his parents.

“Going sailing, you slow down and the family dynamics shift,” he says. “When I was growing up, every year we were off for the whole summer holiday. Dad would navigate by dead reckoning. He was a phenomenal seaman, not a racing sailor but a navigator.

“When I got older I learned what generational knowledge was. Whenever I encountered a situation at sea I would think: ‘What would my father do?’ My children are the same. They don’t think they’re sailors but put them on a boat and they know what to do.”

The Commodore of the British Classic Yacht

Club, David Murrin, positively beams when he

recalls last year’s Panerai British Classic Week.

“It was a seminal moment for our organisation,”

says Murrin, who co-founded the British Classic

Yacht Club 15 years ago with Tim Blackman. The club’s flagship

event in 2015 attracted a record 79 boats, including some of the

most famous classic yachts in the world. It ran back to back over a

fortnight with the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary Regatta,

with yachts coming from the US and the Med to take part.

“You could compare world class boats with the UK fleet and

see what amazing classic boats we have here,” says Murrin. “It also

showed Med boats another way that classics could be raced.”

The regatta takes place this year from 16-23 July, with the fleet

packed into Cowes Yacht Haven, the dockside Panerai lounge

o�ering food and drinks for competitors and a lively series of

shoreside evening events organised by sponsors.

An innovation for 2016 will be the use of trackers for each

yacht, allowing visitors to watch races in real time on a screen. “It

would be hard to match our regatta for atmosphere,” Murrin says.

The club’s adherence to IRC is unstinting and Murrin says: “It is

an external fairness, not one we create ourselves. IRC means the

best boat wins. If you sail your boat well, if it’s a fast boat and it’s

optimised, you will win the regatta. In the Med with the CIM

system, which benefits ‘authenticity’, that’s not the case. A boat

will do well for reasons other than performance.”

“The BCYC was founded on three key tenets,” he continues.

“Firstly, to encourage the preservation of yachts between 30ft and

60ft that historically were neglected. Secondly, to

provide a forum for their owners to share common

cause with gentlemanly and friendly values. Lastly

to encourage people to race their boats really well

under IRC, so that they’re living museum pieces.”

Murrin is a long-time proponent for optimising a classic yacht

for racing and has led by example with his Laurent Giles sloop

Cetewayo. “You need to optimise your boat for any system,” he

says. “It’s not something you can do in one season, it takes a few

years, but it’s a fascinating process and you see the boat go faster

and get a lower handicap. If you want to understand what a

designer intended in a yacht, you race it.”

The BCYC committee meets regularly and Murrin praises his

colleagues’ “moral compass, enthusiasm and collective creativity”,

as well as their willingness to innovate. “The people who run the

regatta also sail in it, which is quite rare, and every year we have

the honesty to look at the event and try to improve it.”

One change this year will allow members to feed back from the

start to the race o�cers, in the hope that windless or heavily

biased lines can be avoided. Another change has seen a waypoint

introduced o� the Varvassi wreck, so no boat can be tempted to

make the cut-through behind the Needles. Another has changed

the traditional scoring system, with a combination of class and

fleet races aiming to give a more representative view of each

boat’s regatta performance. There will also be a cruising

programme for those not racing and a trial motorboat category.

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“The BCYC was founded to encourage people to race their boats really well under IRC, so that they’re living museum pieces”




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ATHENABuilt 1939Type 8-M Design Tore Holm Built Tore HolmLength on deck 14.2m Length overall 14.2mDisplacement 8.7 tonnesBeam 2.6mDraft 1.9m Sail No K36Hull colour Varnished

HistoryBuilt to the 8-M rule for Swedish banker Marcus Wallenberg Jnr, who had a series of yachts to race in the class. She was brought to Britain in 2002 by Avia Willment and underwent a major renovation. When the present owners bought her in 2006, they reverted to the name of Athena and she has competed in 8-M Worlds on the Clyde in 2007, at Hyères in 2009, at Cowes in 2012, and at La Trinité sur Mer in 2014.

BULLA IIIBuilt 1971Type Yawl motor sailer Design n/aBuilt Gerald PearnLength on deck 9.5m Length overall 9.5mDisplacement 24 tonnesBeam 3.35mDraft 1.1mSail No n/aHull colour White

HistoryBulla II is used as the support boat and launch for the Classic Sail fleet of charter boats. During the Panerai British Classic Week Regatta she will be used to support Classic Sail’s competing boats: Leopard, Pegasus and Gryphis; these three boats are identical Morgan Giles yachts used for charter and match racing around the Solent. classicsail.co.uk.

BOJARBuilt 1937Type Bermudan cutterDesign Johan Anker Built Anker & JensenLength on deck 16m Length overall 16mDisplacement 17 tonnesBeam 3.3mDraft 2.5mSail No N23Hull colour White

HistoryBojar was built by Anker & Jensen of Oslo, one of the most prestigious yards in Scandinavia, using materials and craftsmanship of the highest quality. She’s 30mm Oregon pine on composite, hot-dip galvanised steel and wooden frames. Keel, stem and sternpost are of oak, steam-bent ribs of elm. The 50 per cent ballast ratio makes her very e�ective upwind. The deck layout is clean, with bronze fittings. The deep cockpit is comfortable both at sea and in harbour.

CERESTEBuilt 1938Type Limited Edition 10-tonnerDesign Robert Clark Built Sussex Yacht WorksLength on deck 12.1m Length overall 12.1mDisplacement n/aBeam 2.6mDraft 1.75mSail No 523RHull colour Dark blue

HistoryCereste was originally named Melody and based on the lines of Clark’s innovative Mystery design. Research shows that several other Robert Clark designs were in build at Sussex Yacht Works at the time and that the yard manager was Austin Farrer, who had trained with Robert Clark at his design o¦ce in London. Her planking is mahogany above the waterline and pitch pine below.

BLUE EAGLE OF TONBRIDGEBuilt 1964Type Bermudan sloop Design Kroes en Zonen Built AP MilnesLength on deck 7.4m Length overall 7.4mDisplacement 3.4 tonnesBeam 2.3mDraft n/aSail No 581YHull colour White

HistoryAn eccentric stockbroker wanted a miniature yacht built to Lloyd’s A100. This fine little boat is the result. The original Dutch design was for clinker. The decision to make her carvel sweetened and strengthened her lines.

CARIBEEBuilt 1938Type Rhodes 1752 Ocean RacerDesign Philip Rhodes Built Henri B Nevins, New YorkLength on deck 17.5mLength overall 17.5mDisplacement n/aBeam 3.2mDraft 4.4mSail No NED7650Hull colour White

HistoryCaribbee was designed as an ocean racer and built in 1938 by the famous Henri B Nevins yard in New York. She won as many as 36 major sailing races in the 1950s, among them the Southern Ocean Racing Conference and the RORC Transatlantic Race, not to mention three Newport-Bermudas. Carleton Mitchell wrote a bestseller called Passage East about the transat race. She was, in the 1950s, the ‘Queen of the Atlantic’.

CETEWAYOBuilt 1955Type Fractional sloop Design Laurent GilesBuilt Morris & LorrimarLength on deck 14.5m Length overall 14.5mDisplacement 17.4 tonnesBeam 3.5mDraft 2.4mSail No K1034Hull colour White

HistoryShe was restored by her curent owner, with the initial reconstruction work allowing her to be sailed to Plymouth to later undergo a complete renovation. Prior to this work, she was raced in and around the Solent and the decision was made to optimise her racing potential. A continuing programme of restoration, innovation and improvement has been undertaken year on year to make her sail faster.

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CHAMOISBuilt 1963Type Illingworth Maica Design Illingworth Built Construction Mécanique de NormandieLength on deck 11.3m Length overall 11.3mDisplacement 5.3 tonnesBeam 2.7mDraft 1.8mSail No GBR1678RHull colour Blue

HistoryIllingworth, who is sometimes referred to as the founding father of modern ocean racing, was a strong advocate of building ocean racers smaller and lighter. The highly successful Class III French ocean racer Maica, which spawned a class of sisterships, was typical. Construction Mécanique de Normandie (CMN) bought the design and added a counter to the original transom. Chamois is the third of the CMN boats, built in triple-diagonal mahogany on oak frames.

DAMIAN BBuilt 1961Type Nicholson JolinaDesign CA NicholsonBuilt Clare LallowLength on deck 10.7m Length overall 10.7mDisplacement 6.5 tonnesBeam 2.7mDraft 5.8mSail No 1750Hull colour White

HistoryThis is one of the last Jolinas built by Lallow and classed to Lloyd’s 100 A1. Damain B was bought by Squadron Leader Ronald Kellet DSO DFC of 303 squadron and kept in Rye, East Sussex, where she was used for races to Calais and trips to nothern France with his young family. Her present owner bought her in 2013 in slightly tatty condition, but after a bracing sail on Larne Loch, the deal was done. She is now based in Emsworth West Sussex.

CROIX DES GARDESBuilt 1947Type Bermudan cutter Design Henri Dervin Built Bonnin ArachonLength on deck 15m Length overall 15mDisplacement 20 tonnesBeam 3.6mDraft 2.3mSail No CDG47Hull colour White

HistoryCroix des Gardes was built for a French count, from teak hidden from the Germans in the war. Dervin is best known in France for his smaller Kurum and La Sereine. The yacht’s history between 1947 and the 1970s is vague and her original name is not known. She was restored in part in 1993-94 at Cantieri di Imperia. She passed to a Swiss owner, who carried out more work from 2001-6. Her current owner sailed her in the Panerai Transat Classique in 2012.

FLIGHT OF UFFORDBuilt 2007Type Spirit 52 bermudan sloop Design Sean McMillan Built Spirit YachtsLength on deck 15.9m Length overall 15.9mDisplacement 8.4 tonnesBeam 3.4mDraft 2.2mSail No 3598RHull colour Dark blue

HistoryDesigned and built by Sean McMillan as a fast cruiser-racer, she participated in her first British Classic YC regatta two months later, taking second in class. Since then she’s won numerous trophies, including the Singlehanded Race at Antigua Classics in 2014 and overall class winner at the BCYC regatta 2015. Flight had a full cosmetic refit over the winter of 2014/15 including a full revarnish for the first time.

CHARM OF RHUBuilt 1963Type 8-M Cruiser/Racer Design Archie MacMillan Built Fife Yard, FairlieLength on deck 12.7mLength overall 12.7mDisplacement 8.7 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 2mSail No K12Hull colour Varnished

HistoryCharm of Rhu was built to race on the Clyde. She is the last yacht built by the fabulous Fife Yard and carries the Fife Dragon on her bow. She was campaigned briefly by the Le Mans-winning driver Ninian Sanderson. In the 1980s she acted as a sail trainer. More recently she has cruised in Scotland, Ireland, France, the Baltic, the Canaries, and across the Atlantic to the 2007 Antigua Classic. In 2008 she won in class at this event and the Classic Channel Regatta the following year.

ERICABuilt 1949Type 8-M Design Bjarne Aas Built M CreeseLength on deck 14.9m Length overall 14.9mDisplacement 9.7 tonnesBeam 2.5mDraft 2.1mSail No GBR38Hull colour White

HistoryLaunched in 1949, she competed in the Sayonara Cup, winning it in 1953. She remained in Australia under various owners until 2012 when she was brought to Britain by her present owner. She competed in the 8-M worlds in Cowes in 2012 and in 2014 at La Trinité. She is based in the Channel Islands and regularly participates in local and international regattas.

FOGLIOBuilt 1937Type Bermudan cutter Design Norman Dallimore Built William King & SonLength on deck 12.8m Length overall 12.8mDisplacement 12 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 1.8mSail No 99Hull colour White

HistoryFoglio began life as Allegro with a sister ship Marchwood Maid. The yachts were identical, except Allegro had wheel steering and Marchwood Maid had a tiller. The first owner of Allegro was Charles Vickers VC. Allegro was briefly owned by Fred Miles, who was a celebrated aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer. She spent some time in the Netherlands, where her name was changed to Foglio.



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GLUCKAUFBuilt 1929Type 30 Square Metre Design Henry Rasmussen Built Abeking & RasmussenLength on deck 11.8m Length overall 11.8mDisplacement 2.4 tonnesBeam 2mDraft 1.7mSail No K24Hull colour White

HistoryGluckauf (good luck) is a ‘Skerry Cruiser’, a mistranslation of the Swedish word skargardskyssare “a boat fast tacking in the skerry” (archipelago). They have been called ‘flying toothpicks’, mainly by those sailing bigger boats when overtaken by one. Gluckauf’s original owner was a mine owner, who had four of the same name and class from the same yard. She has never missed this regatta and has always finished in the top three in class, winning in 2012.

HELEN OF DURGANBuilt 2003Type Spirit 46 bermudan sloopDesign Sean McMillan Built Spirit YachtsLength on deck 14.2m Length overall 14.2mDisplacement 4.5 tonnesBeam 2.8mDraft 2mSail No GBR8716THull colour Blue

HistoryBuilt as Little Feat in 2004, Helen of Durgan was brought north from the Mediterranean by her new owner in 2014 and taken to Spirit Yachts for major refurbishment. She is the third of 11 Spirit 46s launched since 2003 and is now in superb condition.She had a successful BCYC regatta in 2015, including a third place in her very first race and a very creditable fourth in class overall.

GULVAINBuilt 1949Type Sloop Design Laurent Giles Built Sussex ShipyardLength on deck 16.5m Length overall 16.5mDisplacement 24 tonnesBeam 3.5mDraft 2.9mSail No GBR620RHull colour Light blue

HistoryGulvain was conceived to win ocean races with her many lightweight technical advances and yet be cruised comfortably by the owner with friends and family. She won her first race, the Cowes-Dinard directly from launch. She was shipped to US and campaigned successfully with Humphrey Barton, followed by a first to finish in the 1950 transatlantic race. She was raced in Greece and the US until the late 70s. The current owner has had her since 2012.

INFANTABuilt 1947Type Bermudan yawl Design Philip Rhodes Built Kretzer BoatworksLength on deck 14.3m Length overall 15.5mDisplacement 15 tonnesBeam 3.6mDraft 2mSail No 44Hull colour Britannia blue

HistoryBuilt to race and cruise in Long Island Sound and holiday in Maine, Infanta completed many races, including a number of Bermudas. In 2008, she raced the first Transat Classique from Brest to Agadir. She has cruised the Caribbean and won her class in Antigua and St Maarten Regattas. John Hall took ownership in 2011, since when she has raced in the Mediterranean and Solent.

GRYPHISBuilt 1959Type Bermudan sloopDesign Morgan Giles Built Morgan GilesLength on deck 13.1m Length overall 13.1mDisplacement 14 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 2.1mSail No 1124Hull colour White

HistoryThree thoroughbred ex-Royal Navy yachts, all once part of a select fleet of seven Morgan Giles 43s that were used by the Royal Navy for sail training in the post-war years, have been bought and restored for Chichester-based charter firm Classicsail. Gryphis was the first to be bought in 2011 and was given a refit in 2015/16.

ILLIRIABuilt 1968Type RORC-Class masthead sloopDesign Sparkman & Stephens Built Cantiere CarliniLength on deck 12.4m Length overall 12.4mDisplacement 9 tonnesBeam 3.3mDraft 2mSail No 4803Hull colour Cream

HistoryIlliria was built by Cantieri Carlini, one of the leading Italian S&S builders at the time. She is a RORC-Class sloop with separate rudder and keel with trim tab, to design 1777-C2. She is one of three sisters, with various alterations. Illiria retained the traditional counter and transom. She was built for Dott Ing Barbanti, who owned her for 42 years. Andy and Jane are only the third owners.

KRABATBuilt 1946Type Sloop Design Anker and Jenssen Built Anker and JenssenLength on deck 13.7m Length overall 13.7mDisplacement 13.7 tonnesBeam 3mDraft 2.5mSail No n/aHull colour White

HistoryCommissioned by Halvdan Hansen, a Norwegian yachtsman and originally named Tamara XI, she was built in secret during WW2 and launched in 1946. She was intended as an o¥shore cruiser-racer. She has spent most of her life in Norway, in limited ownership, until her current owners brought her to the UK five years ago. There has never been a full restoration but she has been annually maintained.



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LAUGHING GULLBuilt 1949Type Sparkman & Stephens yawl Design Olin StephensBuilt Jakobson of OysterbayLength on deck 13.4m Length overall 14.5mDisplacement 12 tonnesBeam 3.2mDraft 1.9mSail No 136Hull colour White

HistoryS&S design number 844 in 1948 was for Percy Chubb II, a wealthy insurance broker and Commodore of the NYYC. Olin was given a free hand but did have to provide the 7ft Chubb with standing headroom below. Articles on her construction and specifications appeared in Yachting Monthly and The Rudder in the same year. Rutger ten Broeke, her last owner, is an author and journalist, writing for nautical magazines.

MARELLEBuilt 1965Type O�shore racing yacht Design McGruer Built Deacons, HambleLength on deck 11.1m Length overall 11.1mDisplacement 8 tonnesBeam 3.2mDraft 2mSail No 335Hull colour Varnished

HistoryBeamier than a McGruer 8-M cruiser-racer, but with similar lines, Marelle was built for Honor Spink and raced for a few years. She was cruised in Canada and Europe, then moved to the Weldon family, who kept her at Su�olk Yacht Harbour. She was then sold to Ben Pester, who sailed her to Cape Horn, aged 75. His book Through the Land of Fire documents the trip. More about her history at marelle-classicyacht.blogspot.co.uk

MAIDABuilt 1932Type 6-M Design JG ‘Wee John’ Stephens Built Alexander StephensLength on deck 10.6m Length overall 10.6mDisplacement 4.5 tonnesBeam 2.1mDraft 1.5mSail No K1Hull colour Cream

HistoryMaida infamously lost the Seawanhaka Cup to Jill in 1932. She had a varied life until a 1980s refit was done by Peter Wilson in Aldeburgh. Since 2010, she’s been well maintained by the current owner and kept at Su�olk Yacht Harbour.

MASCOTTEBuilt 1904Type Bristol Channel pilot cutterDesign Thomas Cox Built Thomas CoxLength on deck 18.2m Length overall 22mDisplacement 55 tonnesBeam 15mDraft 3.1mSail No N (mainsail), BY (staysail)Hull colour Black

HistoryShe was the biggest pilot cutter of her time, 10ft (3.1m) longer and twice the displacement of her predecessors. She worked in and around the Bristol Channel until 1915 when the onset of steam cutters consigned the sailing cutters to history. She was refitted as a yacht between the wars before settling on the Medina mud as a houseboat. Since 1994 she has been raced, cruised and chartered in northern European waters.

LEOPARDBuilt 1959Type Bermudan sloop Design Morgan Giles Built Morgan GilesLength on deck 13.1m Length overall 13.1mDisplacement 14 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 2.1mSail No 1125Hull colour White

HistoryIn the post-war years the Navy commissioned seven identical yachts to be built by Morgan Giles. The yachts were used by the Seamanship Training Craft Division for o¡cer cadet and midshipman training afloat, to replace some of their Windfall yachts. They were sold into private ownership in the 1980s and David Foster has reunited three of them. They are now available for fleet charter, providing the unique opportunity to match race in classic yachts.

MARIQUITABuilt 1911Type 19-M ga� cutter Design William Fife III Built W Fife & SonsLength on deck 29m Length overall 38mDisplacement 76 tonnesBeam 5.2mDraft 3.6mSail No C1Hull colour White

HistoryMariquita was one of four British 19-Ms and saw racing success as soon as she was launched, Commissioned by Athur Stodart and first captained by Edward Sycamore, she raced constantly until 1913, when she turned to handicap racing. At the start of WW1, she was sent to the fjords of Norway. She eventually found her way to Pin Mill where she was used as a houseboat until Fairlie Restorations restored her.

MATAMBUBuilt 1960Type Bermudan sloop Design Robert Clark Built Moody’sLength on deck 11.2m Length overall 11.2mDisplacement n/aBeam 2.7mDraft 2.5mSail No K1726Hull colour White

HistoryA one-o� design commissioned by an architect, Matambu is a cruiser/racer, originally with a fractional rig and plywood decks sealed with impregnated cascover cloth. She is of carvel teak planks on rock elm below the waterline, with mahogany above. A feature of this boat is there’s a great deal of brightwork to maintain, and she has a completely varnished cockpit. She sports four large Anderson steel winches.



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METEORBuilt 2006Type One-o� wooden sloop Design Stephen Jones Built Farrow & ChambersLength on deck 14m Length overall 14mDisplacement 6.5 tonnesBeam 3mDraft 2.4mSail No GBR460LHull colour White

HistoryDesigned by Stephen Jones for use with his family and launched in 2006. She has so far sailed within the UK and the Channel Islands in her short history. She is built in strip-plank Brazilian Cedar subsequently cold-moulded over wth Khaya, and then a thin glass protective layer. Inside she has laminated mahogany frames and floors. She is of moderate displacement and her bowsprit is purely for flying the asymmetric spinnaker.

NYACHILWABuilt 1952Type Fractional sloop Design William Fife IIIBuilt FairlieLength on deck 10.4m Length overall 10.4mDisplacement 5.8 tonnesBeam 2.5mDraft 1.7mSail No 1004Hull colour Cream

HistoryShe was built for Lt Colonel G and Captain P Mackie–Campbell. She was in the USA in the 1990s, and the current owner bought her from Kevin Sullivan and re-imported her from Long Island in 2004. She was rebuilt by Simon Grillet at Iron Wharf 2005-2007, a big job that included new decks, much new hull planking and framing, new stem, all new systems, new cockpit and new engine. Coachroof, rig and interior are original.

NAUSIKAABuilt 1939Type 8-Ton Gauntlet Design HG May Built BerthonLength on deck 9.9m Length overall 9.9mDisplacement n/aBeam 2.6mDraft 1.7mSail No 1754YHull colour White topsides, green below

HistoryOne of the earliest ‘series’ production boats from Berthon in the late 1930s, Nausikaa was successful along with her larger 12 and 18 ton sisters in RTI races and has also been cruised extensively. That one owner lasted 40 years is testament to her character. One early owner was the novelist Graham Greene. She was substantially refitted from 2013–14. On virtually her first outing to this regatta that year, she won the RTI race out of 29 starters.

PEGASUSBuilt 1959Type Bermudan sloop Design Morgan Giles Built Morgan GilesLength on deck 13.1m Length overall 13.1mDisplacement 14 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 2.1mSail No 1123Hull colour White

HistoryThree ex-Royal Navy yachts, all once part of a select fleet, have been bought and restored for Chichester charter company Classicsail. Pegasus was the final MG43 that David Foster bought to complete his fleet of three identical yachts. She underwent a refurbishment in 2015-2016. Her sister ships Gryphis and Leopard are also sailing in Panerai British Classic Week.

MYSTERY II OF MEONBuilt 1936Type Bermudan cutter Design Robert Clark Built Moody’sLength on deck 11.8m Length overall 11.8mDisplacement 6.62 tonnesBeam 2.6mDraft 1.7mSail No 321Hull colour Cream

HistoryMystery II of Meon is the first yacht designed by Robert Clark – drawn when he was only 22 years old. A further 10 of this class were built. She retains her original rigging. The last major refit was carried out in 1999 by John Munns.

OPPOSITIONBuilt 1971Type IOR Two-Ton one-o� Design Sparkman & Stephens Built Clare LallowLength on deck 12.5m Length overall 12.5mDisplacement 12.6 tonnesBeam 3.8mDraft 2mSail No K3266Hull colour Varnished

HistoryOpposition was built for Prime Minister Edward Heath as Morning Cloud II and launched in the spring of 1971, in time for the Admiral’s Cup. In 1973 she was sold and became Opposition, racing in the Solent for two seasons before moving to the Clyde. The current owner returned Opposition to Lallows in 2007 for a total restoration. In the spring of 2008 she was back in the water looking as good as on her launch day.

PEGGY BAWNBuilt 1894Type Ga� cutter Design GL Watson Built John HilditchLength on deck 10.9m Length overall 12.1mDisplacement 5.2 tonnesBeam 2.4mDraft 1.6mSail No NoneHull colour White

HistoryGL Watson designed her as a fast cruiser-racer. With her distinctive clipper bow she has been admired in the Med, New England and Baltic. She previously competed in Cowes in 2011. Her 2005 restoration was done with authenticity very much in mind and she will be racing with cotton sails from 1957 and a topsail cut from Endeavour’s jib topsail.



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RAGDOLLBuilt 1965Type Honey Bee Design AK Balfour Built East GermanyLength on deck 8.4m Length overall 8.4mDisplacement 4.25 tonnesBeam 2.4mDraft 1.7mSail No 1965Hull colour Varnished

HistoryThe Honey Bee came from a 1964 competition held by the Glasgow Herald and the Clyde Cruising Club to design a handy cruiser/racer to sleep four and sail Scotland’s west coast. Balfour’s design was runner-up. Part-owners (since 1999) Liz and Mark Rushall believe Ragdoll was built in East Germany. Other than the fact that some papers show her previous name was Mañana, little else is known about her previous history or ownership.

SHANTIH OF COWESBuilt 1946Type Auxiliary CB sloop Design Philip Rhodes Built Hubert JohnsonLength on deck 12.2m Length overall 12.2mDisplacement 10 tonnesBeam 3.3mDraft 2.3mSail No GRR1523RHull colour Ivory

HistoryLittle is known of her history until Shantih was acquired by the Wooden Boat Company, Camden, Maine in 1993. The proprietors brought her back to life and used her for local day charters. She also raced with some success at the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. At the end of the 90s she came to Britain to a mooring in Su�olk. Shantih now resides in Cowes under the ownership of the Fry family, having undergone a modest refit 2014.

SASKIABuilt 1931Type 8-M Design William Fife III Built W Fife & SonsLength on deck 14.6m Length overall 14.6mDisplacement 8.8 tonnesBeam 2.6mDraft 2mSail No K26Hull colour White

HistoryIn 1931 Saskia was shipped to New York and won the Seawanhaka Cup. She represented Britain in the 1936 Olympics at Kiel, Germany and still has the commemorative plaque on board. In 1954, she was shipped to Sydney, won the famous Sayonara Cup and stayed there for 52 years. In 2007 she returned to Britain and raced at the Centennial Worlds on the Clyde where she won the Sira Cup. She went on to win the 8-M Class at the Metre Class Centenary at Cowes.

SONNYBuilt 1935Type One-o� bermudan cutterDesign Germán Frers I Built Frers/GuevaraLength on deck 14.9m Length overall 15.3mDisplacement 15 tonnesBeam 3.8mDraft 2.1mSail No A-26Hull colour White

HistorySonny was built by Frers I himself with cousin Ernesto Guevara, father of Ché Guevara. After just two years of sailing in local races, she was forgotten during the revolutionary Argentina times. In 2006 a friend of Germán Frers II found the remains of the boat in Buenos Aires. Frers II undertook a re-build with Alberto Szyjka (Astillero Naval Szyjka) ending in 2011. In 2013 Sonny won Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.

LE RAYON VERTBuilt 2001Type One-o� ketch Design Laurent Giles Built Jachtbouw VelsLength on deck 15.3m Length overall 15.6mDisplacement 14 tonnesBeam 4mDraft 2.2mSail No NED6457Hull colour Green

HistoryThe ketch Le Rayon Vert is based on the design of Lutine. The wood-core hull was built by Jachtbouw Vels from 1997 to 1998. The teak deck and teak finishing were done by Claasen. The interior, electronics, engine, deck gear, rigging and management was done as a family project from 1997 to 2001.

SIRISBuilt 1925Type 8-M Design Morgan Giles Built TeignmouthLength on deck 14.4m Length overall 14.4mDisplacement n/aBeam 2.5mDraft 1.9mSail No GBR3-8MHull colour White

HistorySiris was raced in the Mediterranean in the 1920s, with considerable success, including winning the Coupe de France. Returning to the UK in the 1930s, she has competed successfully at local & international events. Her recent success include a first-in-class at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez and at Panaerai British Classic Week 2015. In 1999/2000 she underwent a total re-build at Fairlie Restorations.

STILETTOBuilt 1960sType One-o� keelboatDesign Kim Holman Built Whisstocks BoatyardLength on deck 8.6m Length overall 10mDisplacement 3.1 tonnesBeam 2.2mDraft 1.5mSail No 165YHull colour White

HistoryDesigned and owned by Kim Holman (the brief was “standing room for a bottle of Gordons”), the boat has had a major refit at Su�olk Yacht Harbour, with new mahogany covering boards, her hull stripped for an Awlgrip topsides finish, deck repainted with Griptex to give a non-slip finish, new chainplates, an underdeck jib furler and carbon rig with new sails too.



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STREGABuilt 2001Type Bermudan sloop Design Sean McMillan/Mick Newman Built Spirit YachtsLength on deck 11.3m Length overall 11.3mDisplacement 2 tonnesBeam 2.1mDraft 1.8mSail No GBR7514THull colour Blue

HistoryStrega is one of several 37s built by Spirit. The word ‘strega’ is Italian for ‘witch’ as the beautiful carved witch’s head at the end of the tiller portrays. She is kept in Lymington. With her regular crew of two married couples, Strega has raced in many events at home and in the Med, where a highlight has been winning her class at the Régates Royales in Cannes.

WHOOPERBuilt 1939Type One-o� sloop Design Laurent Giles Built WoodnuttsLength on deck 11.9m Length overall 11.9mDisplacement 7.3 tonnesBeam 3.1mDraft 1.7mSail No GBR363RHull colour White

HistoryThis shallow-draught yacht was mostly cruised but her natural reaching and downwind speed exceeded expectations. Anecdotes from Peter Bruce recall crossings back from the Channel Islands in the 1960s at average speeds over 10 knots! Her unusual hull and rig were ahead of her time, and she has achieved great wins: RTI Gold Roman Bowls in 2004 and 2015, Cowes Week in 2004 and 2014, and overall at this event in 2014.

VOLONTEBuilt 1968Type One-ton sloop Design Olin Stephens Built SilvestroLength on deck 11.3m Length overall 11.3mDisplacement 7 tonnesBeam 3.1mDraft 1.9mSail No FRA4396Hull colour Varnished

HistoryVolonté sailed for 20 years in the Med, before being bought by a Swedish sailor, and transported there to take part in classic races with some success. Her new programme, under a French owner who undertook a one-year refit in Brittany with Hubert Stagnol, is dedicated to one-ton classic races. Volonté will attend the One-Ton Revival Cup in the Netherlands in August (see page 64).

ZALEDABuilt 1966Type 7-M cruiser/racer Design James McGruer Built McGruer & SonsLength on deck 11.1m Length overall 11.1mDisplacement 6.5 tonnesBeam 2.7mDraft 1.7mSail No 7CR/K2Hull colour Varnished

HistoryShe was commissioned by the current owner’s uncle from McGruers in Clynder in 1965. She was part of a move to create a new class of 7-M cruiser-racers on the Clyde in the mid-1960s. She was bought back into the family in 1996 and has sailed extensively on the west coast of Scotland and the south west of England. She is now berthed on the River Dart. This year, she benefited from a complete instrumentation refit.

THENDARABuilt 1960Type RORC SloopDesign Alan Buchanan Built St Osyth BoatyardLength on deck 10m Length overall 10mDisplacement 5 tonnesBeam 2.7mDraft 1.5mSail No 1853Hull colour White

HistoryThendara raced in the early 1960s to the RORC rules. The boat was built to Lloyds 100 A1 and the hull and ribs remain in good condition. Her long keel and elegant, clean lines had the attention of a number of owners who cruised and raced her at club level until Chris and Liz Day and family become owners in 1996. Since then she has raced in the RSYC double-handed races and in this regatta, as well as cruising in the Solent and Brittany.

SUNMAID VBuilt 1967Type RORC One-TonnerDesign S&S Built Clare LallowLength on deck 11.2mLength overall 11.2mDisplacement 7.3 tonnesBeam 3mDraft 1.9mSail No GBR1991Hull colour Varnish

HistoryTwo were built to this design, a development of Clarionet. She was very substantially built for the sake of her rating, and also because of lessons learned on the lightly built Roundabout. Owen Parker, sailing master on the Sunmaids, developed twin pole gybing and the use of separate spinnaker winches during his time with Guy Bowles. Current owner Lawrence Wride had her restored on the Humber in 2015.

YAVANNABuilt 1965Type Long-keeled yawl Design Alan Buchanan Built William KingLength on deck 14.8m Length overall 14.8mDisplacement 24 tonnesBeam 3.9mDraft 2.1mSail No n/aHull colour White

HistoryThe Buchanan yawl was designed and built by the best money could a�ord at the time. Alan Buchanan designed three boats for the Earl of St Germans, this being the third and biggest. She was built by Kings of Burnham on Crouch to Lloyds 100 A1, the highest standard. The Earl of St Germans was pleased with the result. She is used for charter. classicsail.co.uk

ZOOMBuilt 1951Type Sloop Design Charles E Nicholson Built Camper & NicholsonLength on deck 13.4m Length overall 13.4mDisplacement 12 tonnesBeam 2.9mDraft 2.1mSail No 634Hull colour White

HistoryZoom was the last yacht from the hand of Charles E Nicholson, which he did in retirement for his friend Teddy Haylock, editor of Yachting World in 1950. Close-planked in teak with plank edges glued, her frames are of steamed English oak in two laminations, and her entire backbone is of teak. She was well known and written about in the 50s and her visitors’ book is full of famous sailors of that era. She is based on England’s South Coast.

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PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK PROGRAMMEQ A&Head of Private Banking at EFG Private Bank, Daniel GerberEFG supports Panerai British Classic Week as O�cial Partner Sponsor. Can you tell us why? When we were given the opportunity to sponsor British Classic Week, it felt like an easy decision to make. This has to be the most important event in the UK for classic yachts, with a strong international appeal. Cowes, with its long pedigree in sailing, is the perfect location for such an event. As a keen sailor, I make sure I attend with a number of our clients each year, in order to soak up the unique atmosphere and to take part in some world-class classic sailing.

Will you be sailing in this year’s event? I was very much looking forward to participating at this year’s event in Cowes and to have the opportunity to sail on one of the boats, particularly for the Around the Island Race which is sponsored by EFG. However, a recent accident has left me on crutches this summer, so regrettably no sailing for me.

EFG sponsors all kinds of things from the EFG London Jazz Festival to Le Mans Classic. What’s the attraction of sailing?We are supporters of the sport of sailing for a number of reasons. It is clearly very international, which is well suited to a private bank like us, active in over 30 locations worldwide. It has broad appeal on many levels, from a pastime to a professional sport. It is also an active interest shared by a good number of our clients and employees. We like to think of ourselves as the private bank for sailing, and in addition to Panerai British Classic Week we are sponsors of a range of leading sailing teams and events worldwide.

Are you a boat owner?I try to get afloat as much as I can in my spare time. I own a wooden Merlin Rocket dinghy which I race on weekends at my local sailing club on the Thames. Being a qualified skipper I also charter in the UK and abroad, cruising with family and friends. I raced in the Panerai British Classic Week two years ago when EFG joined in partnership with the British Classic Yacht Club and Panerai. I very much enjoyed the atmosphere and spirit, as well as the

beautiful views of classic boats racing in the Solent. Before this my racing experience on big boats was limited to crewing in regattas, mainly around the Solent and the Channel. Sailing is the perfect balance to the working life – on the water there is always plenty to think about and observe, decisions to take to keep the mind busy and focused on things other than the day job.

Some in the wooden boat world find the regatta scene exclusive. Is that your impression of it?No, to me racing is just a di�erent reason for sailing. While some sailors like just spending some quality time on the water, others prefer cruising with a destination in mind and others again like the challenge to measure their skills in racing against other boats.

My impression of the Panerai British Classic Week is that there is a place for every boat and that the wooden boat community is very welcoming and open to everyone.

What is EFG doing to help secure the future of sailing? Development of young talent is a key theme at EFG, and we support a range of initiatives across a variety of sporting and cultural fields. In relation to sailing, we have supported the development of two academies designed to bring on the next generation of sailors. These are: EFG Sailing Academy, Monaco Yacht Club; and Optimist Sailing School, Société Nautique de Genève.

Do you have a favourite sailing book?I have read many books about sailing, historic, non-fiction and novels but I couldn´t single out one favourite book. One of my favourite writers however is Sam Llewellyn and I have devoured almost all of his novels.

What is your dream boat?She should be safe, fast, comfortable, easy to maintain and a looker. She might be a wooden boat, but I doubt I'll be building my own. My practical experience in woodwork is limited to the occasional DIY job at home and I am far from a professional craftsman. I admire good craftsmanship but particularly

the knowledge, experience and skills involved in working with wooden boats, to build or refurbish a functional piece of art. It is great to see the many new builds and restoration projects happening in classic boating – and that the centuries-old art of building wooden boats is being preserved and passed on to new generations of boatbuilders by boat building schools and academies in the UK and abroad.

How did you get into sailing?I grew up as a landlubber in Switzerland, in a place miles away from any navigable waters and only very rarely had the opportunity to sail on the Swiss lakes as a child and adolescent. But every time I liked it.

I really only took up sailing seriously in my early thirties after I got hooked as a crew member on a sailing holiday around Mallorca. There I realised the potential of recreational yacht sailing and saw this as an opportunity to spend quality time with the family and my young children in the future.

I joined a local sailing club in Switzerland and started crewing on a yacht on Lake of Zürich. In parallel I took my qualifications as a skipper and started to build my miles in the Mediterranean, the Channel and around the UK, the North Sea and the Baltic, as well as in the Caribbean.

Today I live in London and I am on the water whenever time permits. All three of my sons are enthusiastic dinghy sailors and as a family we have enjoyed many sailing cruises. Maybe one day we will take o� and sail the seven seas on our own keel.

Daniel Gerber is Head of Private Banking at EFG Private Bank, the UK arm of global private banking group EFG International. efginternational.com/efgl.com

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